22+ Reasons Why You Should Visit China

The Great Wall, Tibet and the Himalayas, historic temples and Buddhist shrines, vast flooded fields of rice, the booming vibrant skyscraper studded cities of Shanghai and Hong Kong, the Chinese language and culture.

China is an amazing place to visit. The list has some good ideas, with the exception of "Buddhist Temple," with no reference to the one that is in the photograph. The food in China is amazing, the people are lovely, and there is so, so much to see. However, if you don't speak Chinese, getting around outside of larger cities can be a challenge (it can be hard enough in places like Beijing and Shanghai!), and as another poster said, the pollution can be really, really bad.

This is my now husband at an un-restored portion of the Great Wall, about 2 hours from Beijing, and more than worth the trip:

There used to be an old saying, "See Paris and die," indicating that the French city was the one place everyone should see in one's lifetime. Now the saying in this century might be, "See China and die."

Cutlass saidThere used to be an old saying, "See Paris and die," indicating that the French city was the one place everyone should see in one's lifetime. Now the saying in this century might be, "See China and die."

Cutlass saidThere used to be an old saying, "See Paris and die," indicating that the French city was the one place everyone should see in one's lifetime. Now the saying in this century might be, "See China and die."